Profile - Jean-Gabriel Périot

Jean-Gabriel Périot

Jean-Gabriel Périot

was born in France in 1974 and directed several short movies, both in video and cinema. He develops his own editing style with archives. Between documentary, animation and experimental, most of his works deal with violence and history. His works, including Dies Irae, Even if she had been a criminal?, Nijuman no borei and The Devil were shown worldwide in numerous festivals and were honored by many prizes. His first feature, A German Youth, opened the Panorama section of the Berlinale 2015, was released in France, Germany and Switzerland and was honored by many prizes.